IRVINE, Calif. (KTLA) -- A cashier at an Orange County Chick-fil-A is out of a job after she wrote offensive names mocking Asian customers.
Instead of taking the name of two Asian customers, the cashier wrote "Ching" and "Chong" on their receipt, UC Irvine student Kevin Lee said.
Lee raised attention to the incident last week after posting the incident on his Tumblr account.
Lee wrote that his friend, a resident assistant at the university, went to the fast food restaurant near the school with another friend. After receiving their receipts, the friend complained to the manager.
"I went to talk to the manager, and I told him that this cannot happen ever again," the friend said. "I made it known that it wasn't okay, and that I didn't appreciate it whatsoever."
Chick-fil-A officials said the incident didn't reflect corporate views.
In a statement to the L.A. Times, Chick-fil-A's vice president for public relations Don Perry said it was "simply [a] case of immaturity, failed judgment and human error."
Perry said the customers were regulars and the cashier, only identified as "Lia" on the receipt, was dismissed soon after the incident.
Lee responded to all the media attention on his blog, saying he didn't wish for his post to act as a witch hunt against the entire franchise.
"I don't think the horrible mistake on the part of one individual is reason enough to launch a witch hunt," Lee wrote.
"All I ask is that people be respectful and THINK."
Instead of taking the name of two Asian customers, the cashier wrote "Ching" and "Chong" on their receipt, UC Irvine student Kevin Lee said.
Lee raised attention to the incident last week after posting the incident on his Tumblr account.
Lee wrote that his friend, a resident assistant at the university, went to the fast food restaurant near the school with another friend. After receiving their receipts, the friend complained to the manager.
"I went to talk to the manager, and I told him that this cannot happen ever again," the friend said. "I made it known that it wasn't okay, and that I didn't appreciate it whatsoever."
Chick-fil-A officials said the incident didn't reflect corporate views.
In a statement to the L.A. Times, Chick-fil-A's vice president for public relations Don Perry said it was "simply [a] case of immaturity, failed judgment and human error."
Perry said the customers were regulars and the cashier, only identified as "Lia" on the receipt, was dismissed soon after the incident.
Lee responded to all the media attention on his blog, saying he didn't wish for his post to act as a witch hunt against the entire franchise.
"I don't think the horrible mistake on the part of one individual is reason enough to launch a witch hunt," Lee wrote.
"All I ask is that people be respectful and THINK."
